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Kucinich questions expose Obama’s “intelligence” claims

Sep 9, 2013, Phil Taylor Commentary Obama is playing hide-and-seek with what he is going to do to Syria, but Syria is clear: they are willing to relinquish their chemical weapons stock to U.N. control. Don’t be fooled – this move towards peace will frustrate the U.S. leadership, who will …

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Israelis flying aid to Syrian rebels under the cover of humanitarianism

Sep 12, 2013, The Passionate Attachment On September 7, The Economist’s “Pomegranate” blog on the Middle East reported Israeli “consternation” over President Obama’s “seeming lack of resolve” to bomb Syria. After noting the help that Israel’s army has been giving to the Syrian rebels, the piece ended with an account …

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Turkey indicts 11 linked with Syria militants caught with sarin gas

Sep 14, 2013, Press TV The Turkish public prosecutor has issued an indictment for eleven suspects caught with sarin gas in the Turkish province of Hatay, Press TV reports. The public prosecutor claimed on Friday that the detainees had relations with the al-Qaeda-linked groups of al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham …

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Resistance mindset, public opinion averted US war on Syria: Iran MP

A file photo of the amphibious transport USS San Antonio, which is carrying about 700 troops from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Sep 14, 2013, Press TV   The United States halted its plan to attack Syria as Washington was apprehensive of the resistance movement and the opposition of the world public opinion to such an offensive, an Iranian lawmaker says. In a Saturday interview, Mohammad Esmaili, a member of the National …

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Syria crisis: Al-Nusra pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda

Al-Nusra has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the US

10 April 2013, BBC The leader of the al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group fighting in Syria, has pledged allegiance to the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani said the group’s behaviour in Syria would not change as a result. Al-Nusra claims to be have carried out many suicide …

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Al Qaida-linked group Syria rebels once denied now key to anti-Assad victories

A Syrian rebel stands guard at an oil well near Shahel, Syria | David Enders/MCT Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/12/02/176123/al-qaida-linked-group-syria-rebels.html#.UjQ_4n8X643#storylink=cpy

Dec 2, 2012, McClatchy Newspapers QALAT AL MUDIQ, Syria — When the group Jabhat al Nusra first claimed responsibility for car and suicide bombings in Damascus that killed dozens last January, many of Syria’s revolutionaries claimed that the organization was a creation of the Syrian government, designed to discredit those …

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10 reasons why diplomatic solution is unlikely in Syria

Sep 14, 2013, Press TV   Over the past few days, there has been a tremendous wave of optimism that it may be possible for war with Syria to be averted. Unfortunately, it appears that a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria is extremely unlikely. Assad is certainly willing …

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SYRIA: President Bashar Al Assad Interview on Chemical Weapons

September 13, 2013, Global Research President Bashar al-Assad gave a speech to Rossiya 24 TV channel.  Following is the full transcript of the interview largely focusing on the issue of chemical weapons Interviewer: Why did Syria agree to the Russian initiative which proposes handing over its chemical weapons to the …

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